2025 Compare Cities Education:
Harrisburg, NC vs El Cajon, CA

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Highlights
- El Cajon spends 49.4% more per student than Harrisburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.5% higher in El Cajon than in Harrisburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Cajon had 10.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisburg
 Harrisburg, NCEl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Harrisburg    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived in Harrisburg, NC since 2002. I moved here from a suburb of Detroit. I wanted to live in an area that was close to Charlotte, but still had a small town  More

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Over 13 years ago

great pricing on homes here.  More

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Over 17 years ago

You are only bored if you are boring. If you can't find anything to do this close to Charlotte...you have  More

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Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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